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Listen to Hebrews 12:1-11
12Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisem*nt, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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12Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(A) with perseverance(B) the race marked out for us, 2fixing our eyes on Jesus,(C) the pioneer(D) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(E) scorning its shame,(F) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(G) 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(H) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(I) 5And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart(J) when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(K)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](L)
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(M) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(N)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(O) and live!(P) 10They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(Q) 11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(R) for those who have been trained by it.
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Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
Cross references
- Hebrews 12:1 : S 1Co 9:24
- Hebrews 12:1 : S Heb 10:36
- Hebrews 12:2 : Ps 25:15
- Hebrews 12:2 : Heb 2:10
- Hebrews 12:2 : Php 2:8, 9; Heb 2:9
- Hebrews 12:2 : Heb 13:13
- Hebrews 12:2 : S Mk 16:19
- Hebrews 12:3 : Gal 6:9; Rev 2:3
- Hebrews 12:4 : Heb 10:32-34; 13:13
- Hebrews 12:5 : ver 3
- Hebrews 12:6 : Ps 94:12; 119:75; Rev 3:19
- Hebrews 12:6 : Pr 3:11, 12
- Hebrews 12:7 : Dt 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Pr 13:24
- Hebrews 12:8 : 1Pe 5:9
- Hebrews 12:9 : Nu 16:22; 27:16; Rev 22:6
- Hebrews 12:9 : Isa 38:16
- Hebrews 12:10 : S 2Pe 1:4
- Hebrews 12:11 : Isa 32:17; Jas 3:17, 18
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